Archive for March 2012

Every year the flower bed in the front of the house gives us tulips followed by asian lilies. This year, however, the flower bed also produced an Iris. I honestly don’t recall ever planting any, but we must have. A couple more have since joined this one. What’s next?

Like the picture says, this is a horse with some mad ball skillz. We went to see the show Cavalia. Think Cirque du Soleil with horses. Our ticket level included a visit to the stables after the show. Most of the horses were eating or just standing there trying to ignore us and have some …

I’m a huge fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas and of the character Jack Skellington especially. On my recent trip to New Orleans, I bought a couple Voodoo dolls from the New Orleans Doll Company. One of the dolls, the “Wizard” according to the clerk, is wearing a TNBC button, so I just had to buy …

Right on schedule, the next email about MEC 2012 arrived today. I have been posting my analysis of the hints and clues in each email, and you can read Part 1 and Part 2 if you want to get caught up. As expected, the latest message is for the fictitious MEC 2010 conference focused on Microsoft …

The St. Louis Foodspotting Meetup for March was at Modesto Tapas. I really like Modesto, but haven’t been there for ages. The day of the meetup happened to be the first day with a new menu with several new items. It had been so long since I’d been there, however, that to be honest it …

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I am an IT Pro at Washington University in St. Louis, managing IS Ops for the Olin Business School. I work mostly with Microsoft products (and enjoy it!). A Wisconsin native, I live in St. Louis. Love to travel and eat good food. For more info, see my About page.